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FKIE_CVE-2008-4025

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-10 14:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message containing an invalid number of points for a polyline or polygon, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-21/Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499054/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5682
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-21/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499054/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5682
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft office 2004
microsoft office 2008
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 *
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 *
microsoft office_word_viewer 2003
microsoft office_word_viewer 2003
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter *
microsoft works 8.0
microsoft office_outlook 2007
microsoft office_outlook 2007
microsoft office_word 2000
microsoft office_word 2002
microsoft office_word 2003
microsoft office_word 2007
microsoft office 2000
microsoft office 2003
microsoft office xp
microsoft office_system *
microsoft office_system sp1
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